ONCE AGAIN, GREAT LEADERS MAKE GREAT HISTORY - BUT NOT HISTORY AS WE KNOW IT...

History shows that leadership is crucial in war, but there are other factors at work. What if history were given a twist or two, and great commanders on land and sea fought their greatest battles under different circumstances?

Suppose General Douglas MacArthur had been captured before he could escape from Manila and became a prisoner of war?

What if the Prince of Peace came not with soft words but with a sword?

Suppose Joan of Arc had not been burnt for heresy and had gone on to lead France very different victories?

What if winning the Vietnam War turned out to be worse than losing it?

Suppose Genghis Khan had been a convert to Judaism and his horde had fought for a different cause than in our universe?

What if the Second Punic War got even weirder than than it did in our history - which, considering what really happened, ain't easy?

Suppose even a victorious American Confederacy had trouble getting anyone to take it seriously?

Hugo Award-winner Harry Turtledove and his colleagues turn the past upside down and inside out, and the possibilities are endless...